So the Rutherglen and Hamilton West campaign is nearly over. During the past few weeks, we’ve handed out thousands of leaflets, met lots of people, had tons of conversations, made a fair few friends (and enemies) and we had an entertaining hustings with Women Won’t Wheest, which like all good hustings, had blow up chickens… Read More »Breaking the Gravy Chain – The Necessity of Abstentionism
This is the concluding part of the interview with Colette Walker for the School Times. The School Times is an educational magazine used in schools in the Nordic region, for pupils learning English. Published & edited by Peter Young since 1994 Interview Part 1 Download audio Interview Part 2 Download audio
Dear FM candidate, It’s been a bad time for Scotland since 2014; a sair fecht as some might say. Conversely it’s been a purple patch for the SNP. From the famous victory in 2015 where 56 SNP MPs were put into Westminster, to election win after election win; 2014 – 2023 has truly been the… Read More »An Open Letter to the FM Candidates
Interview with Colette Walker for the School Times, an educational magazine used in schools in the Nordic region, for pupils learning English. Published & edited by Peter Young since 1994 Interview Part 1 Download audio Interview Part 2 Download audio
We’ve had enough. When Elizabeth died, we hoped that common sense might prevail and that the monarchy might be brought to a quiet and dignified end. It didn’t happen. Not only that, but Scotland is to be given a reluctant starring role in the future King Charles’ coronation. The Stone of Destiny is to… Read More »Keep the Stone of Destiny in Scotland
Yesterday, Nicola Sturgeon laid out the Scottish Government’s intent to have an independence referendum on Oct 19th 2023 and to pursue a case in the Supreme Court to support the government’s legal position on a referendum. We broadly welcome her statement as an indication of direction and intent. ISP, as an independence supporting party will… Read More »Statement on Independence Referendum Announcement
Follow John on the campaign trail. Standing for local council elections is not as easy as many think. John sets out his campaign. #EastCalder #EastLivingston #VoteISP #VoteJohnHannah John joins Iain Forsyth, another ISP candidate from Inverness, on a podcast with the guys from TweetStreet Occupied Scotland. Iain and John talk about their own journey to… Read More »John’s Campaign
Iain’s Campaign Takes the First Step. Every journey begins with a first step, including becoming a political candidate. Watch Iain take the first step on his campaign to become a councilor for #InvernessWest as he submits his application for election. You can follow Iain’s campaign all the way up to the vote on Thursday 12th… Read More »Iain’s Journey
I WAS not surprised at Alyn Smith’s support for both votes SNP . After all, the SNP may now need list votes as the supremacy they had on the projections for constituency seats is falling, largely due to their inaction on independence and their attacks on women’s rights under GRA and the Hate Crime Bill.… Read More »Working with the Electoral System We Have
We’re taking a temporary break while the big boys slug it out during the election. However, prior to last Friday, we had a conference and a manifesto launch planned. We thought it would be a waste not to show you the work that we had done. This manifesto will also inform our policies going forward… Read More »Here’s What You Could Have Won – The ISP Manifesto
